Kate Galloway, a lecturer in the Department of Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has organized the first academic conference to study society through the prism of American pop and country star Taylor Swift and her lyrics.
Two Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty members will participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 27th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium. Jennifer Pazour, an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, is a member of the event’s planning committee, co-organizing a session on resilience during pandemics in relation to data and digital infrastructure, and decision-making. Ravishankar Sundararaman, an associate professor of materials science and engineering, will be a participant of the symposium.
Composer, improviser, and sound installation artist Matthew Goodheart, an assistant professor of music composition in the Department of Arts in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will release his latest album on Friday, June 25.
Ge Wang, the Clark and Crossan Endowed Chair professor of biomedical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has received the 2021 EMBS Academic Career Achievement Award.
Carla Leitao, a lecturer in the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been invited to present work at “CityX Venice,” the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale Italian Virtual Pavilion, curated by Tom Kovac from RMIT University in Australia and Alessandro Melis of the University of Portsmouth in England.
Jim Malazita, an assistant professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies with an appointment in the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been awarded a fellowship from The Strong, a museum based in Rochester, New York, devoted to the history and exploration of play.
Faculty members from the School of Engineering recently received four of the prestigious annual Institute Awards.
Leon Montealegre is the inaugural recipient of the Nuvalence Builder Award, which recognizes one or more graduating seniors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute who have demonstrated superior skills through extracurricular projects in hardware and software innovation.
Alex Connor, a Ph.D. chemical and biological engineering candidate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, won first place in the Agtech and Food Industry track in the 12th annual New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) for his presentation on Ripely, his proposed business geared toward extending the shelf life of fresh produce. Connor was also named a finalist in the Grand Prize competition.
Winners have been announced for the end-of-year entrepreneurship competitions at the Paul J. and Kathleen M. Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.